Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. This is a masterpiece of cruelty, I doff my hat for you oh most loyal of friends. I love thee so! Such loveliness shall not be kept hidden. I shall make a world of thee.
Theater aside, here's a down to earth reason why this is so obscenely over powered:
I run this in a black-white knight deck that has knights that have protection against every color except for blue ...
With double strike, if your opponent is at 18 let's say ... and I have my Knight Exemplars (2 of the 4) out with my Mirran Crusader, I hit you for 4, you are now at 14, Quietus Spike kicks in, you are take down to 6, I hit you again, you are down to 2, Quietus Spike Kicks in, you are now at 0.
Dead as the proverbial dodo (no doubt cooked and eaten by the knights in their grand feast)
Posted By:
Vastator
(9/18/2013 10:34:16 AM)
do you have to equip every up keep
Posted By:
hanoverfitz
(1/1/2010 11:50:33 AM)
@ddde: Ronin Cliffrider doesn't deal combat damage to each creature defending player controls, so that combo doesn't work.
@Annoyilator: Yes, that is correct.
@Jake1991: No, you're wrong, look things up before you talk out of your ***.
Posted By:
democidist
(2/29/2012 9:07:29 PM)
I'm liking this in a R/U deck with lots of Gelectrodes. And of course Goblin Sharpshooter breaks it wide open.
Posted By:
Zulp
(5/6/2010 7:56:51 PM)
kor dualist? try cunning sparkmage
Posted By:
BlackAlbino
(5/11/2010 2:14:46 PM)
@Madawasp: It's 15 damage (assuming they have 20 life)
Kor Duelist deals 1 damage, they go to 19, Quietus Spike triggers and halves their life to 9.5, which is rounded up to 10. Duelist hits a second time, they go to 9, Quietus Spike reduces them to 4.5, which is rounded up to 5. Still not bad for a 1/1.
Posted By:
ZuesAscendant
(1/5/2011 1:41:24 PM)
Huh... so if I have an Inkfathom Infiltrator equipped with this and Fireshrieker, I can drop my opponent from 20 life to 3 in one turn. Neat...
Posted By:
Belz_
(4/18/2010 9:52:39 AM)
it needs to be combat damage, so gelectrode, cunning sparkmage and other pingers dont work. you need unblockable
Posted By:
Tezz
(5/15/2010 9:14:46 AM)
Double strike, unblockable, any evasion makes this card awesome. Death touch for the pingers works vs creatures but they won't hit a player for half there life. I love this card. Building a deck for it now.
Posted By:
XTwistedsoulX
(5/19/2010 4:22:29 PM)